By Larry Ray Hafley Lyman Beecher said, “No great advance has been made science, politics or religion without controversy.” Spurgeon, perhaps the best known Baptist preacher of all time, said: Controversy for the truth against the errors of the age is, we feel more than ever convinced, the peculiar duty of the preacher in the present …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 31
Bible Baptism, Immersion, Sprinkling, Or Pouring?
By Ron Halbrook True faith in God moves and acts upon the basis of love for God. True faith in God comes by hearing his Word, not by hearing the theories and philosophies of men (Rom. 10:17; Col. 2:8). A professed faith which refuses to obey God is not genuine faith – it cannot save – …
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Pearls From Proverbs: Glorying In Glory
By Irvin Himmel It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory (Prov. 25:27). Honey A highly nutritious food, honey was often found in ancient times in trees, in holes in the ground, in crevices between rocks, and other places where wild bees might choose to …
Stewing In Our Own Juice
By Robert F. Turner When someone’s sinful conduct rebounded upon him, my dad would sometimes say, “He is stewing in his own juice.” Dad meant he was reaping what he had sown. This is a Bible concept, in both the good and bad sense. We do not really 46get away” with anything. Our deeds and thoughts …